Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1892, Page 12

THE AVENUE POWER HOUSE. THE NEW CABLE ROAD | What the Public May Expect When the System is in Operation. BENEFTT. | FOR EVERYBODY ASaving of a Third in Tims—The Many Ad- | vantages of Rapid Transit—Magnitude of the Work—Difiiculties Overcome—The 7th Street Crossing and the B. and 0. Loop. OME TIME NEXT month the public will travel by + from G town to the Navy Y: in about forty minutes. This distance of five miles at present con- sumes one hour of the valuable time of those who have oceasion to} the trip. When | new cable road is in | operation in August it | time te go from one of le will take one-thi these points to the this new saving of time will | motive power for those In a litt re than nger can go from the nm the ly in opera- it will repre- thousands tes a passe rket to Mou ad is complete tion, in the early part of sent a great saving of ti of citizens wh lines. Time is money, runs, and | if that is true ti ad will ‘put od deal of ets of the F Ble. At the lic will t d ease, which ix consider be said of the road as at pr But that ix past. The | ed its old equipment. It has thrown | and di ed a new one. Under the new regime the sts and comfort of the traveling public are to be beiter cared | for. ADVANTAGES OF RAPID TRANSIT. The significance of the completion of the new cable road, as faras the public is concerned, lies in the fact that it will supply a means of rapid communication between the center and outlying sections of the city. To the company it means an outlay of several mill an opportunity f ness. If the public rejoices tion of the road the company can share in the general jor. However, the day which marks | the opening of the cable road ought to be really looked upon as an important one in the mate- | rial history of ths city. It work of cabling the 7th street road was begun at once and soon completed. When the law was enacted requiring a change of motive power on the avenue line the company was ready to go | ahead with the great work of cabling that line. ‘The work has been done, as Mr. Hurt says, without missing a trip. The old road has been taken away anda new one of most expensive chara markable that hel formation, and ‘Eee r substituted without any interruption of travel over the line. While the planning and construction of the road have constituted a great work there is another thing quite as re- to bring about this trans- is the financiering. The | expenditures involved in the change amount, as stated, to. $3,500,000. Quite a large sum of mom raise on to capitalization of $500,000. In this matter Mr. Glover's financial ability was of invaluable use to the company. Such the confidence of the stockholders and public in the management and future of the road that provision was made without trouble for the great outlay, and all was so quietly done that the general pu a big financial tans ba been operation was going on. ettled upon for the avenue he accomplished assumed part was searcely aware that After ‘agement of the road years ago, and that was to make it the best roa: try. resigned from the diree! give his attention to other interests. MAGNITUDE OF THE WORK. In the construction of the road there the coun- yin order to road, and quite large number of ingenious citizens have given suggestions to the company, which were designed to relieve them from the anxiety which arises from an Cc, | concealed beneath the surface of the ground. , however, as it been devised with a nero termed, has Seal of ability.” The problem it has solve is the more and Ohio loop, but the method by which tin done representa arhigh degree of engineer- ing skill on the part of Mr. Upton. az HOW IT 18 DOXE. In general it may be said that the B. and O. cable is run by power received from the navy yard cable. The latter, at the Pence monu- men’ under the B and 0. in the an’ aestnod ag tink. a Pe ‘th street crossing, and of passing around curve and continuing up the avenue is carried in a straight line to a vault, when it around a wheel and then continues in a straight line directly east to a vault, which is in front of the Peace monument. ' In this vault the cable passes cround a wheel which give motion to the winding drums of the more and Ohio cable, and then leav- ing it continues in a straight line up the avenue. The movement given to the winding drums is about two-thirds the # which ‘the main cable has. If the cable is moving at the rate of nine miles an hour the drum is given a speed of six miles per hour. The Baltimore and Ohio cable Js passed aronnd a wheel in the first vault, is carried to the drums, where it acquires its’ motion, and is then bronght up the avenue to the large tension vault and is returned on the loop. Tax Star's artist has endeavored to show how this is done and the accompanying cut will assist to make clear the above explanation, —* ‘THE AVENUE POWER HOUSE. All this engineering work is under ground and must be taken in faith by the public. But in the big power house occupying the square fronting on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue between 1334 and Mth streets it is possible to see the wheels | go around and to look upon the gigantic ma- chinery which furnishes the motive power for | the entire road. The location of the power | honse was chosen because it is about the center of the road. From this power house, on the 14th street side, will come three cables, one going to Georgetown, the other to the navy yard and the third to Mount Pleasant. Both | of the west-bound cables will_rnn through the same conduit to the corner of New York avenue EEE ee ee | SATURDAY, | THE AMERICAN FLAG. NoStartoBe Added to It This Fourth of July. ORIGIN OF THE BANNER. Early Legislation Concerning It—The Flags Borne in the Revolutionary War—The Ar- Fangement of the Fourteen Stars—The Pre- decessors of the Stars and Stripes. HEFOURTH OF JULY the day fixed by law Dut on the Fourth of Tuly, 1892, there will be no star added to the constellation of forty- four on the blue union of the stars and stripes, for the simple reason that no state bas been admitted to the Union & wie since the preceding Fourth. On the Fourth of July, 1891, two stars ‘were added (for Idaho and Wyoming) and on the preceding fourth four (North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington) were placed thereon. This was done under the act approved April 4, 1818, which provi@es: ‘That from and aftey the Fourth day of July next the fing of the United States fhall be thirteen hori- zontal stripes, alternate red and white; that the union have twenty stars, white ina blue field; that on the admission of every new state into the Union one star be added to the union of the fag and that such addition shall take effect on the Fourth of July next succeeding such ad- mission.” There having been no state admitted to tho Union since the 4th of July, 1891, the national fing will remain as it was on that day, and con- sists of forty-four stars in six rows, the upper and lower rows having eight stars and the sec: ond, third, fourth and fifth rows seven stars each, in a blue field, arranged as follo ——— MT. PLEA SANT CAR HOUSE. inability to solve an intricate problem. Un- | fortunately there is a difference of opinion be- | tween the engineers and the public as to what | is the really difficult part of the work. THE SEVENTH STREET CROSSING. Mr. Hurt states that he has received more sug- — = SEVENTH STREET POWER HOUSE. have been laid twenty-two“ miles of single | This means that for the entire dis- track. tance a trench between three and four feet deep been’ stracted of trench, sup per yard and the slot rails we When it is pounds per yard. dug and a conduit con- conerete has been built in the jorted by iron yokes. Upon this amework are laid the rails of nglish hing sixt) ‘onsidered that there have been some fifteen miles of this sort construction completed during the past year it is possible to obtam some idea of the mag- nitude of the undertaking and the rapidity with which it has been done. THE LOOP growing importance | railroad corpo willing to exper addition to its outlay in equipping the road, the gre about 0 000. Beyond question the of ti ‘iginal | That is what the new e ment and the necessary ground and b for power and houses cost. Abont two Years ago the cable was laid on 7th street. Something over a year ago work was begun tc build the road THE INCEPTION OF THE ENTERPRISE. | Before any legi: had been even sug- gested in Congress the Wachington and George- town railroad management had recognized that | 1a change in the character of the | Mr. C. €. Glover, then a director | and vice president cf the road, advo Pe said to kind im the coun! Toad would be a credit to the ci The plans of the road were d the avenue and on 14th | Upton, the mechanical engineer. Street. This work is now practically completed. | Bontecon was the consulting engineer, and the h 1 | work was executed under the direction of David | up the cable t6 the grip again is by means The contractor was E. Sax- | of | ton, who has a wide experience in work of thia| from the ' pavoment character. Under the direction of these efficien 8. Carll, engineer. men ti men or to the publ THE ENO! THE CRO making « change from horses to the best avail- He won the board of directors to and when the matter was once de- leided under the impulse given by Mr. Glover's lenergy the steps that led to the construction of ithe eable road were rapidly taken. Mr. Glover Mr. Hurt, the president of the road, made trip, visiting every city in the country where improved mdfles of transit had been adopted, returned home satisfied that the cable sy was the best for the purposes of their road. ly decided to adopt cable power, but to 7 in securing the most substan- outlay at SSING been numerons, but they have been all success-| the car is stopped or started. fully solved by Mr. Upton. Unlike the 7th | rmx ubors To THE BALTIMORE AXD oMIo STATION ‘A MODEL ROAD. In speaking of the entire work now about demonstrates | completed Mr. Hurt, the president of the road, gestions than he would be able to enumerate as to how tho crossing should be mads at 7th | street. It appears that there has been a good deal of uncertainty on the part of the public or at Ieast that portion which has the leisure to devote to the consideration of suchgjuestions as to how the avenue cable was to cross the 7th street cable without a collision. In view of i fact it will no doubt bea cause of surprise that the engineer, Mr. Upton, save the 7th street crossing is the simplest part of the pla Atany rate he overcomes the difficulty in the following manner: The avenue cable is car- | ried under the 7th street cable by means of | wheels which depress it after It has been eleased from the grip by the gripmen. There is a jog or set off in the track which assists the cable in leaving the grip. In other words the car with the grip attached is moved by the jog in the AND O. DEPOT. Stan reporter that the aim had been tion is | to make thenew cable road the model of its | in a straight line, indicated in the No expense had been | diagram bya dottedline. The grip is then carrie sum of | «pared. ‘The best talent had been employed to | along in the slot at such a height as to clear the nip-| plan out the method of construction and to | 7th street cable,the car dings | superintend the work Only first-class mate- rials had been used, and he believed that the ING DIFFICULTIES .d | presented in the construction of the road have he road has been built quickly and wil the interests of the road, as well as of the city, | out an accident of any kind, either to the work- igned by W. B. Mr. Daniel t AT SEVENTH STREET. track a little to one side while the cable runs on mmpanying | oving along by its own On the other side of the crossing aght back into the straight line Je is automatically brought up and seized again by the grip and the car proceeds. At other points on the line where the cable is | thrown out of the grip the method of bringing momentum. of which projects and ia manipulated by aman. Ordinarily the cable runs in the | conduit rome distance below. the grip and at | the point where it i, grasped by the grip itis | raised above the usual level. ‘The lower lip or | die of the grip is stationary, while the upper lip is moved up and down by the gripman when a lever, the handle street road, which has but a single curve, both of the new lines have a large number of curves. | work in the On the avenue line there are thirty-four single | the road was devising s method | curves and on the Mth street line twenty-two. | However, the construction which a curve re- | gin is not the trying far + the designers of the plan are: | although any deviation from @ cable. | is wearing on the } is still in The cable construction as of ‘of the work,at least so st course: i a “ol ny not | has been i now about fourteen mont ql mdation the company not | ‘nin use anion th mastermntn that the eables on the new lines will last. long. The general public have taken a good deal ‘of imteress in the ‘the ‘The most difficult part of thd engineering connection with the construction of Could be furhished | built. | to be run in batteries of two,are | tention to put on more than ‘and 15th street, when ono cable will go to Georgetown and the other to Mount Pleusan’ EVOLUTION OF THE FLAG. ‘The flag of the Union seems to have arrived at its present state of perfection by a sort of ‘The power house is probably the most ex} sive structure of the kind ever erected. ‘The | ground upon which it stands cost over a bulf | million of doilars and the company expect to spend fully that sum in erecting the six-story | structure. The area of the building is perhaps | greater than any structure erected by private | enterprise in this city. The frontage one way is 241 fect and the other 185 feet. Owing to the prominence of the location the company | decided to erect a larger and more imposing structure than was actually needed. The | principal front has been designed with considerable attention to architecturai beauty. The main entrance, on the north front, is en- riched by a stone arch ornamented with carv- ingand marble columns, ‘The company will use only the first two stories. The four upper stories will be arranged in Tooms of convenient size and will be supplied with power from the engine on the first floor, the intention being to lease this portion of the building for light manufacturing. The problem of how to secure light and air in all parts of the building of this great size | been solved by providing in the center court 63x100 feet. “The rooms in each story will be arranged in two tiers, one opening on the street front and the other on the court. ‘There will be no dark rooms or corners. In the rear will towera great smokestack, 150 feet in height, SECURING A FOUNDATION. In the construction of this building it was found necessary to secure a foundation by driv- | ing piles. Over 2,100 piles twenty to twenty- | | THE CABLE YORE, five feet long have been used. Upon these the stone piers holding up the foundation were ilt. “The foundation walls are used only to carry the walls of the building. The heavy v rests in great granite piers, which are iy independent of the rest of the build- ing. Itisexpected that the jar which always accompanies the rauning of i ill not be communi ‘Owing to the use of cotton ropes on the driving wheels hinery will practically be noiseless. In t the occupants of the building as well as the neighbors will not be aware by any jar or noise that this massive machinery is in ‘operation. THE BOILERS, ¢ boilers, eight in number, and arranged | the D street side of the building. All the power that can be furnished by these boilers will not be used. ‘The capacity is much greater then the present needs of the road. It will be possible to ran 600 cars, but just at present itis not the in- 0. ‘There are 86 cars now in use on the road, and it ix ut that the facilities of the road will be largely increased ax soon as the new system is put into operation. The great driving wheels, twenty-six feet in diameter, will occupy a lofty Grip car. room on the 14th street side. This room is to be ceiled with wood, the iron columns are to be decorated and a gallery will be built for the accommodation of visitors, so that the see the machinery in operation. ‘The administrative offices will be in the 14th street corner, while at the opposite end of the building will be the wood-working and metal-working repair shops of the com- pany. There will be two elevators in the build- BUILDINGS AT THE ENDS OF THE LINE. In addition to the cable equipment and the erection of the power house the company has also built a large car house at the end of its line in Mount Pleasant and oneat the end of the line at the navy yard. ‘The latter is 100x283 feet and has storage room for 250 cars, while the former is 140x290 feet and will accommodate 300 cars, All tie buildings were designed by W. C. Boot of Kansas City. ———— A Singular Accident. While waiking through a patch of woods near Philadelphia Thursday afternoon during tho storm Frank Arcello, an Italian laborer, stumbled and fellto the ground. Before he could arise a fierce gust of wind swept through the wood and a tree was blown upon him, pin- ning him to the earth. At noon yesterday, after being twenty-two hours. in’ bis terrible ition, Arcello was by process of evolution. The flags first planted on the shores of North America were those of Great Britain, and the flags of that country were naturally those generally in mse by the colonies prior to their separation froma the mother country. There were exceptions to this general rule, as several fings, differing more or less in device from those of England, were at times in use. The red cross of St. George on the flag of England was objected to by some of the colonists on the ground that, having been given to the King of England b the pope, it was anti-Christ, and a Mr. En cott of Massachusetts received an admonition and was debarred from holding office for one year for defacing a flag by cutting out one part of the objectionable cross. ‘The provincial authorities were, however, doubtful of thelawful use of the cross and the ministers were as- sembled in Boston to consider whether it was lawful to carry a cross in the banner, but could not agree and the matter was referred to the next general court. In the interim a new flag, having for an emblem the red and white roses in the place of the cross, was used and frequent quarrels and bickerings arose as to the status of the new flag. The pine tree flag. con- sisting of the cross of St. George and a pine tree, was undoubtedly the ea: the union of the colonies. For ten years ceding the commencement of the American revolution, during the period of the stamp act agitation and the destruction of tea in Boston harbor, liber’ de re used, cons; nous among them ke flags, the latter the motto, “Don't tread on me.” In the at duys of the revolution it, would seem each state had its own banner, but there was no the pine tree and_ rattle wi preseribed Union fags, andgtzion fags of various devices were used in d rts of the country. The stare and stripes had not come into existence when the battles of Banker Hill and Lexing:on were fought by the handful of American troops, and there is no record of the colors used at those battles, although it is said that the pine tree flag was used at Bunker ill. In 1776 the colors borne by American privateers was a white fiag with a green pine tree and the inscription, “An Appeal to Heaven.” THE EUTAW FLAG. The famous Eutaw flag was carried during the revolution, and waved over the victorious Americans at the battle of Cowpens January 17, 1781, and at Eutaw Springs September 8, ‘731. ‘The story of the origin of this flag is cu- rious and interesting. It was presented to Col. Wm. Washington of Virginia, who was in South | Jane Elliott. Col. Ws Eorwise bo Italian was badly bruised, but otherwise {as Dut little the worse for his enforced pros- Arthur Zimmerman, the American bicyclist, beat the half-mile record Thi in (on, ‘making the distance in one minute five ta meks tgp three lange excavations ta the 7C- cinity of the Peace monument. In these vaults deneath the placed a plant, penny be Bad ag that there is no engine. There is'a driving 1780, in reply to. her jd look out for news of that his fashington Charlestoa b; Mie Jone ‘gilt W in 1627, on, the anniversary of the battle of Lexington. This s SS sf PALMETTO FLAG. composed of one representative military cc: from each of the old thirteen. states. Tho fag was also a feature of the celebration of the cen- tennial at Cowpens January 17, 1881. ANYTHING, IF ONLY A FLAG. In April, 1776, the co'onels of the continental army were desired to ‘provide themselves with some colors and standards, if they are to be procured, it does not signify of what sort they are.” ROEM FIRST FLAG OF REVOLUTION, The flag under which Sergt! Jasper won his fame was a large blue flag with a crescent in the dexter corner. This flag waa designed by Col. | Moultrie, from whom Fort Moultrie, which be- | came famous in the Sumter bombardment in | 1861, was named. Col. Moultrie claimed this to | be the first American flag displayed in the south. The rattlesnake was a favorite device with the colonists, and its origin tradition avouches is | as follows: It was proposed that this country send to England cargo of rattlesnakes to be | quired by the terms of the sale, resola- juine the | ducted by the latter for a fow years, the | formed a Mr. Wendover ‘TRE WILLARDS' FIRST APPEARANCE. The house was again opened as « hotel and te 1847 it was leased by E. D. and H. A. Willard. ‘The former retired and the business was con- when he with his brother, Mr. ‘liard. In 3853 the Willards pur- | Joseph Reid, famous for his | chased the property from the Tarloe heirs and general Armstrong. make « design for the Amers. | in the building practic ‘ould represent the increase of | They ex destroying ite distinctive charac- | eceupring 5 to increase | Dr. John Carica of improvements, which resulted iy > frontage along 14th the garden owned by the widow A. Kearney, U.8.N., and included ole | the greenhouse at the corner ‘of iéth and F ose eir union and thas symbolize in the flag # igin and of the country, and ite ." In accordance was passed and the flag of the Union was per- manently established. sees PS WILLARD’S HOTEL SOLD. Mr. Joseph C. Willard Now Becomes the Owner of the Entire Property. IT BRINGS $18 A SQUARE FOOT, OR A TOTAL OF 600,000, wnict 18 CONSIDERED 4 FAIR MAR- KET VALUE FOR THE LAND—HISTORY OF THE MOTEL. There were few persons in the crowd that at- tended the auction sale of the Willard Hotel Property yesterday afternoon who could have made the first payment on the property as re- In fact there Was no thought that any individual would buy the property unless it was one of the Wil- lards, Men who can handle a property that costs at the outset at least half million of dol- lars and necessitates an expenditure of at least 4 million more are not very numerous, In all the gossip about the sale, and of cours there has been a great deal, as this is the most im- portant and valuable piece of property that has ever been offered at public sale, there was a good deal eaid about syndicates that had organ- ized for the purchase of this property. One combination of capi was credited with had plans made for a nine-story hote fing to cost a million of dollars. There were one or two other ayn: cates mentioned as interested in this sale, and the conclusion was reached in some quarters that the property would bring at least 1,000, PROMINENT PEOPLE AT THE SALE. distributed in public gardens and resorts, par- ticularly those frequented by noblemen, in re- | taliation for the convicts transported to’ Amer- | ica from Europe and the infamous crimes eom- | mitted by the latter. | ‘The number of the colonies, thirteen, seems | to have been considered in all the devices that | were from time to time adopted. Thirteen stripes were placed upon the flag. Thirteen | vessels were ordered to be built, composing our | first navy. Thirteen arrows grasped in a male | hand were among the devices, and later thirteen arrows in the talons of the eagle, and thirteen | mle hands grasping an endless chain of thirteen inks. Bancroft describes the next step in the pro- cess of evolution as the tri-colored American banner, not yet spangled with stars, but show- ing t n stripes, alternate red and white, in the field, and the united crosses of Saint George | and Saint Andrew on a bli ground in the cor- | ner. This flag was the result of a conference | between Dr. Franklin, Mr. Lynch and Mr. Har- | ris@n, and consisted’ of the king’s colors, or jon jack (the crosses of Saint George and Saint Andrew united), representing the sti ized sovereignty of England, butcoupled s, emblematic of the union of THE ORIGIN OF THE STRIPES. Tt has been suggested that the stripes on our flag as a symbol of union was derived from the flag of the Netherlands, which consisted of three horizontal stripes, symbolte of the rise of the Dutch republic from the union at Utrecht. FLAG oF 1777. Another suggestion attributes its origin to the fact that the continental army of 1775 was with- out uniform and the officers of the different | grades were distinguished by means of a stripe or ribbon. The daily view of these, the on distinguishing marks of ranks, would natu-| rally suggest the same device for representing | the United Colonies. It is alto suggested that it is possible the stripes upon our flag were | selected by Washington because of the stripes | on hig own escutcheon. They were also one of | the devices on the flag of the troop of light | horse which accompanied Washington from | Philadelphia to New York when proceeding to | assume command of the army at Cambridge. Flags with different devices and mottoes continued, however, to be used by the troops in the field. The flag of Washington's life | guard. is proserved in the, museum of Alexan- ria, Va. It is of white silk. on which the de- vice is painted of one of the guard holding a! hore and in the act of receiving a flag from the | genius of Liberty, personified asa woman lean- | ing uj the union shield, near which is an American eagle. The motto of the corps, “Con- uer or Die,” was on a ribbon over the device. This life guard was a distinct corps of mounted men attached to the person of Washington, but FIFTEEN STARS AND FIFTEEN STRIPES. never spared in battle. It was organized in 1776, soon after the siege of Boston. while the Ame: army was incamp near the city of New York. Care was taken to have all the | states from which the continental army was supplied with troops represented in this corps. FINALLY FIXED BY LAW. Saturday, June 14, 1777, nearly a year after the Declaration of Independence, the American Congress resolved “That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white in ablue field, representing a new con- stellation.” No record of the discussion which must have preceded the adoption of the stars and stripes has been preserved and we do not know to whom we are indebted for them. It has been said that both the stars and stripes have been «i Washington, which, by s singular coincidenee, contained botli. ‘The deeds of valor and glory performed under this banner of thirteen stars and thirteen stripes are too well known to need here, even if space would ad- mit. On March 4, 1791, Vermont was admitted to the sisterhood of the Union, and on June 1, 1792, Kentucky was also admitted. In 17% an act was in consequence of this increase ested by the coat-of-arms of | P’ of states, increasing the stars and stripes on The crowd that assembled at the 14th street entrance to the hotel about 5 o'clock was not of an opulent character. There were a few promi- nent citizens, but the great majority were those who had been attracted to the sale by curiosty. Among the first arrivals was Mr. Jos. C. Willard, who stood on the opposite side of the street an then crossed over and entering the avenu door of the hgtel came around to the side entrance, and took his position in the door way. When the sale beg. ung man stood within convenient distance, and through him Mr. Willard made his bids. To his right a short distance Mr. Henry A. Willard and Mr. Henry K. Willard stood, and near them the trustees, Messrs. Morris and ingly. Col. Staples, the proprietor of the hotel. E. Kurtz Johnson, thaniel Wilson, M. M. Parker, William Pitt ogg, and others were seen in the throng. A few moments after 5 o'clock the ringing of the bell ceased. and then Mr. Sloan, of Latimer Sloan, auctioneers, mounted a low rostrum and read the advertisement of the property Without any further preliminaries he offered the property the bidding to be on the basis of so much per square foot, THE FiRsT BID. The first bid was #15. Then came the next dollars, both bids from.persons in the immedi- ate vicinity of the auctioneer. Some one in the outekirts of the crowd bid $17 and Mr. Joseph C, Willard promptly raised the bid to $18. At that point the bidding lagged, although the auctioneer descanted on the value of the prop- erty and also stated that it was susceptible of economical subdivision, as there was not a line in the plot more than 100 feet. However, be could not get the next dollar. MR. 308. C. WILLARD GETS IT. He tried to induce the bidders to goa half and then a quarter of a dollar, but failing the Property was finally knocked down to Mr. Joseph C. Willard for £18 per square foot. The rty was purchased in the name of B.C. land. The sale aggregated $602,406, which may be regarded asthe value placed on the ground alone. Under the new assesxment the m of the entire property, ineluding im- provements, is $507,789. Three years ago the $233,503, 4 The property ix improved by the building known as Willard’s Hotel and Willard Hall. It has a frontage of 139 feet on Pennsylvenia avenue, 251 on 14th and 129 0n F street, and contains 33,467 square feet of ground. WHAT BROUGHT APOUT THE SALE. The sale was the result of legal proceedings | begun on January 3, 1888, when Henry K. | Willard filed a bill in equity against Joseph C. Willard for partition of this property. A short time previous to the filing of the «uit Mr. Henry A. Willard had transferred to his son, Henry K. Willard, his undivided half interest, and the legal proceedings were begun by the lntter. ‘The suit was contested. The Court in General Term ordered the sale and un appeal was taken to the United States Supreme Court. In May last the opinion of the Supreme Court was rendered by Justice Gray, which affirmed the decree of the District court. The sale was, therefore, ordered and Wm. F. Mattingly, coun sel for Joseph C. Willard, and M the counsel for Henry K. Willard, were ap- pointed trustees, the sale, and the that Mr. Joseph Willard will pay to Mr. Henry K. Willard the value of his half interest in the property and then the title will vest solely in the former. s from New York city | | of similar conduct on HOTELS NATIONAL REPUTATION. There iis, perhaps, no hotel in the country that is more widely known. For years it bas ril 4, 1818, | been the leading hotel at the capital. Its his tory is closely connected with that of the city. When the hotel reopened, after being en 1 the Willards George Washington Parke Custis presided and Edward Everett re- sponded ton toast. Mr. Peabody, the philan- thropist and banker, Lord and Lady Napier and others gave notable entertainments there, WILLARD HALL FIRST 4 CHURCH. id The building fronting on F street and known as Willard Hall was originally erected as a church and for a number of years was occupied by the leading congregation of Presbyterians im this city. People who are not very old recall the name of Rev. Dr. Laurie. He served as pastor of this church from 1808 until his death im 853. The church was organized by a number of persons who were connected with the Asso- Reformed Church in Philadelphia and who came to this city when the seat of govern- ‘as removed here in 1800, Many of them in the service of the government. Joseph Nourse, who was for many years the register of t Y, was elde in the first pastor, Dr. Laurie, was em- 1 in the Treasury Department. The con- Rregation subsequently became _ connected with the Presbyterian Church, and after Dr. Laurie's Vhineas R. Gurley was called to th 9 the church building was wole to the Willards, and the congregation of the Second Presbyterian Church having united with them, a new edifice was erected on the site of the Second Church. This building changed and altered ix now known as the New York Ave- nue Presbyterian Church. EUROPE. Effect--England’s Mediterranean. Among the publicationn of the past week that have caused a rensation is that of the West Deutache Allgemeine Zeitung defining the new atti of Prince Bismarck, which is one of open hostility to Chancellor von Caprivi and the government of the empire. The journey of the old statesman to Vienna, where the peror Franz Joseph declined to grant him erview, and the ovation he received in the southern part of Germany from the people, says a cable, quoting a Berlin newspaper, have led this new move on the part of Bismarck. ihe action of the imperial government, it is ‘ould be used against him in'a per- wing tothe fact that in his utterances, published ali over the country and known te all Europe, the prince entered a field of highest interest to Germany, relating to “her relations with Russia. This new and probably last po- litical phase of Bismarck’s active opposition to Kaiser Wilhelm and Von Caprivi’s government has been differently received by the German and European press, but, in general, with outspoken criticism. The Tageblatt says that the die is cast between the distnissed chancellorand hisimperial pupil and master; that he bas finally attained the object for which he has striven during the last two years and has now forced the German government to take up the gauntlet that he bas so often thrown at ite feet. But that, in order to attain this, Prince Bixmarck has been obliged to abandon the role of an anonymous journalist and take personally his place in the breach. In regard to that part of the published interview which refers to Chancellor von Capriv first epeech $0 enti estimate of him, thing.” ea: “that seldom happened to me,” paper concludes: “All patriots will regard wi ching hearts Bismarck’s attempt to expose his esaor to the eyes of forcign nations, dis» him by means of reckless dialectics.” of the extra- ces throw a cloud on his great historic figure, ax they are calculated to injure both Prussia and the empire. We do not remember a case he part of a retired statesman of any country.” Prince Bismarck’s statement that “owing to his dismissal from office all perronal influence over the Czar Alex- snder Hf cone” proven, however, © wees fingular case of self-deception in the face of the | quite recent visit paid by the Russian ruler to the kaiser at Kiel. IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. The naval force of Admiral Hopkins in the Mediterranean has been strengthened lately with five new men-of-wur to a point that surpasses any previous naval display made in tho-e | waters, even during the Turco-Russian war. tin F. Morris, | centl It will be necessary for the court to confirm | and international complications. Practical outcome of it will be | military newspaper, in Though a great quietness seems to exist in dip- lomatic European circles about English pre rations and movements on the northern A\ can coast, yet, as related at length by Tae Sri a few weeks ago, they are the subject of patie ular apprehension, expecially by the h press, Morocco’s internal situation and the Poisting of the English fiag for the first time at Fez by the new minister of Great Britain, fol- lowed by his action toward the establishment of «railway and telegraphic connection all along the coast of the Moorish empire, is being watched very closely by France and Spain. The extraordinary increase of naval force re- the naval stations of Gibraltar and Malta is reported to be connected with a gen- eral plan made in anticipation of future changes A French calling atten- tion of the government of the repub- lic to the case of Capt. Borup, charged with procuring the plans of French mar- itime fortifications and strategic points, sa} gis coincidence that in the evidence given | that while the “coming war, unavoidable bF real estate experts in the case four vears ago | the present strained condition of Europe.” will the property was estimated to be worth. about | be waged on the continent, the Mediterranean $600,000, although some thought that it might | basin will be the naval battlefield of the contend- b-ing $20 per foot and others named a lower | ing foes. There will be on one side France, Russia price. HISTORY OF THE HOTEL. Like several other buildings used for hotel purposes in this city Willard’s Hotel has grown with the growth of the city. When firsttrected it was comparatively a small building, located at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 14th street. Subsequently the private residences adjoining on 14th street were absorbed into the building until finally it reached its present size. | the decision The original hotel building was owned by Mr. John Tayloe and was built about 1818. first known asthe Mansion House, singular coincidence that the old yellow build- | national loan of €50, ing, which isstill standing to the west of Willard’s Hotel, was also erected by Mr. Tayloe. This in the year 1798, and it was one of the first buildings erected in this city for hotel purposes, This hotel was also at one time known as the Mansion House and later the City Hotel. the | latter name being also borne at one period by ‘THE FIRST PROPRIETOR, The first proprietor of Willard’s or as it was then known, the Mansion House, was John Strothers. In 1828 he was succeeded by Basil Williamson, who changed the name to the Wil- liamson Mansion Hotel. He informed the public ‘MR. FULLER'S PROPRIETORSHIP. ‘Mr. Williimson, however, only remained in charge of the hotel for about three years and sill! Ha H bt ul A i i # a i i i } | and possibly Spain and on the other the com- bined fleets of England and Italy. It has been remarked how much attention the different powers have paid to the strategic points in the lediterranean within the last ten years, in view of continental or colonial complication. The peculf&r disposition of England toward silent understanding with Italy, notwithetand- ing the denial of the press, has been during the week the subject of much comment, as well as the Italian government to com- | without delay the naval constraction now It was | In operation in the arsenals of Naples, ore nd itisa|and Venice and the probable emission of « .000,to be take up mostly by the German financial market. U States military attache at the legation of in connection with his procuring the plans the fortifications of Havre and Toulon from Grenier, a French clerk in the department of the navy, and his alleged communication of such secret information to the military attaches of Germany and Italy. While the ‘recall of i e bd i i & ity i